look at the mayor's budget proposal. and we're previewing mitt romney's visit to our state this. . this is a live look at the inner harbor where soon the sun will rise. lynette charles is here for what we can expect today and through the week. we have the fog out there this morning. check out some of the numbers here. we have the reduced visibility again morning after morning this whole week. three mile visibility in baltimore. culpepper, more the same there and five in winchester and six in hagerstown. we're dry right now on the maryland's most powerful radar. you have to go way south in virginia to get rain. they're dealing with a couple of thunderstorms in that area. the fog will burn off ail say in the late morning -- off i'll say in the late morning hours and early afternoon. so thing will look up. just keep trucking through and now over to angela with a check

of your traffic. good morning. we have the fog on the roads. yes. good morning. we're seeing a lot of fog on the traffic cameras. not too bad around the beltway as far as incidents go. we have a closure in the city, forest park avenue between windsor city avenue and the county line. we have a water main break there. and in the meantime, here's a live look at traffic flow on 895. not looking bad here at all. and for those of you on the harrisburg expressway, another live look, southbound lanes picking up, but no major delays to report there. and for those of you making the drive to ricer town this morning, it is a live look at 95 and cockeysvilles road. still moving a good pace. and a good pace, the drive times are intact right now. if you're traveling on the west side of the beltway, seven minutes from 795 over to i-70.

fresh off a win in illinois, republican candidate mitt romney is coming to maryland. today the front-runner are will speak here. we find linda so. she's live this morning with a preview. >> reporter: romney will hold a town hall-style meeting today on old sulfer spring road. it will start at 3:30 and open to the public. they were busy yesterday getting things together, setting up chairs and lights. this will be romney's only stop in maryland. earlier in the week he said he would stop in annapolis and frederick. but those events were canceled. romney's visit comes two weeks ahead of maryland's april 3rd prime river 37 delegates are up for grabs here. and democrats are trying to steal some of the thunder today. there will be a conference call

to criticize romney's support for the $20 trillion budget proposal. >> if you're mitt romney, you love this budget t provides another round of tax cuts for the wealthiest americans and does it at the expense of middle taxpayers and seniors. >> reporter: again, today's town hall-style meeting is open to the public. if you plan to attend, get here early. space at the american ledger is limited and so is parking. it slated to start at 3:30. new this morning, baltimore city mayor mayor rawlings-blake will redisease -- mayor rawlings-blake will release her >> reporter: new this morning in a little over three hours, mayor rawlings-blake will introduce her budget to the board of estimates at city

hall. she's trying to reduce a $48 million budget short fall. there will be less taxes for homeowners and figuring out how much the pension costs am be passed on to the city and the city is reduction healthcare costs by $20 million. in the budget proposal, it's important to note that the police department is fully fund and no layoffs and no cuts to education. and the fire department, there are no morrow indicating closures. there's a mention of permanently closing three fire companies. and the mayor will submit her budget proposal to the board of estimates at 9:00 this morning. it will go through a series of committee meetings and public hearings. the budget will go into effect july 1st. doctors at the university of maryland medical center have completed a facial transplant. a team of doctors from the school of medicine completed the 36 hour procedure yesterday. the transplant was the most

extensive to be performed to date. we're expected to meet the man who underwent that transplant at a news conference sometimes next week. we'll keep you posted on that story. baltimore ravens said that anquam boldin is heading to east africa. he wants to raise awareness of drought and famine. he'll travel with his former teammate larry fitzgerald. they will begin the four day trip next week. in november, the two players publicked a 30 second public service announcement about the need for funds for the region. the fbi is going back to the scene today where human remains were found in texas the remains have been there for a long time and they're heavily decomposed. there's speculation they belong tie teenager, haley dunn.

she disappeared in 2010. it could take about a week to make the identification. no word when that caused a huge fire at a marina in san diego. officials said that nine boats caught on fire, five of them destroyed and four damages. the total cost about $1.3 million. fortunately, in one hurt in the fire. it doesn't appear to be suspicious. it's easy to get a few bees if you have them in your house. but 25,000 bees? that seems like a big problem. and that is what a tennessee man had to deal with. when tommy hill went out for breakfast, he found thousands of bees nesting in his car. he called a bee keeper. before the bee keeper could transport them, they decided to move again about within five minutes, they came out of tree again and got back into the engine of the car. we're talking 25,000 bees. >> within a couple of days, the

bees left his car and disappeared. >> i would be nervous to drive. can and aspirin keep cancer away? we'll tell which you cancers that the drug can help fight off. stick around to meet the newest singing sensation on "youtube." he is too cute. humid and mild but drier, cooler air is in the forecast. the detail are coming up. what can you expect for the commute? foggy conditions. we'll have the detail open your morning drive coming up next. stay with us.

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grammy winning group lady antebellum is lending a voice to help a tornado-ravaged community in indiana. they will play a concert at a

school. and schools across the country campaign on behalf of henryville high school. there you have it. that is what they're doing. [ singing ] is he not the cutest? this 2-year-old is from canada. she loved to sing adele's song like you. her mom taped her sining it and posted it on "youtube." it has received more than a million hits since it was posted just two weeks ago. i would listen to her all morning. stay with us. if you're in the market for historic real estate, you don't have to travel very far. the properties in our city that are up for grabs. a call for action. unarmed florida teen gunned down while visiting his father's community. we have details on that just

ahead. another live picture of the san diego zoo. we'll show you these penguins all morning long because they're too cute. we'll be right back.

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killed a florida teen but has not been arrested or even charged. 700,000 people have signed and on line petition to get the shooter george zimmerman prosecuted in the shooting of the boy. >> reporter: today a million hoodies march has been organized by facebook to take part in new york city. the goal is for justice for trayvon martin who was wearing a hoody sweatshirt when he died. more than 2,000 people will go to new york's union scare tonight. many are outrage in the trayvon martin case. there's a march for justice in tallahasse. he was fatally shot by a neighborhood watch volunteer george zimmerman last month. he said that he fired in self- defense. and an attorney for martin's family said they want action now. but florida governor rick scott

cautions against a rush to judgment. >> we want george zimmerman arrested for killing trayvon martin in cold blood. he had a 9mm gun and trayvon had a bag of -- ski -- bag of capped i didn't. the local and fbi and they will find it out. >> zimmerman's family has denied race has played any role in the incident. nobody has been able to reach him. zimmerman moved out of his home after getting death threats. you can head to abc2news.com. the story is on the home page. and there is a link right here inside the story to sign a petition. if you click on that, will bring up the petition here and you can see that over 750,000 people have signed the petition. they have a lot of information. they tell you more details about what happened that is the

situation here in the news center. back to you. top stories, a live look at the american legion where later this afternoon republican presidential hopeful mitt romney is scheduled arrive. he'll attend a town hall set for 3:30. maryland's primary is scheduled for april 3rd. early voting begins saturday in our state. mayor rawlings-blake will reveal her budget for 2013 today. it closes a $48 million deficit. her goal is to draw 10,000 families to the city in the next decade and wants to cut crime. the sale of some of our landmarks. how would you like to own a

piece of baltimore's history? we're talking about 15 landmarks up for sale that includes the uptown mansion, the war memorial building across from city hall and the famous shot tower. >> it is unique and so baltimore. the bricks were made in baltimore. everybody that comes, remembers coming as a kid. so i think there's a love and passion for the tower. the community of baltimore will support it if we have a prom that they love to come to -- a program that they love to come to and bring their kids to. >> they will hire and appraise tore determine the value and sale or lease the properties to cut down on costs. president obama may be changing his mind about the keystone excel pipeline. he is expected to announce that tomorrow that he'll be on the fast track for the southern portion that have project. the obama administration denied a permit for the 1700-mile long

i'll pipeline. the republicans criticized saying that the president did not do everything he could to deal with the high gas prices. occupy of coursety visits are calling -- occupy activists are encouraging people to stay home from work and school and not spend any money. they plan to march through new york city on that day. millions of us use aspirin to prevent heart attacks and stroke. and they say it may be useful for something else. we're reducing our risk of for cancer. it can cut the risk of for colon cancer. our studies suggest that other studies may be added to the list. those that took an aspirin

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fog again this morning. we have four mile visibility in baltimore and 7 in easton and washington d.c. 1 and culpepper 3-mile visibility. the satellite and the radar doing a good job of picking out the clouds. so it will be a while before these scour out. so i'm thinking late morning to early afternoon and we'll see more sunshine firing up as we go into the afternoon. let me put this into motion. maybe an isolated storm could fire up too. we're waiting for the line across the middle of the nation to work its way in here, possibly as we go into the weekend. so it could be on the wet side for us. hour by hour, a warm day. if we get more sunshine in here like we did yesterday it doesn't take a lot to warm us up, the temperatures will soar. let's get a check on the traffic with angela.

how is the fog affecting the roads this molot going on out there, including a vehicle fire on the harrisburg expressway. northbound 83 closed right now with the cleanup from this vehicle fire on mount carmel road that is causing some rubbernecking in the southbound direction and in the city, forest avenue blocked in both directions with a repair crew for a water main break. so a lot going on in terms of incidents and closures. we have the foggy conditions. but not too bad if you're traveling on the east side of 695. and the foggy conditions heading to the east bridge. but things are moving smoothly. here's a live look at 95 starting to build on the drive in the southbound direction between bel air and white marsh. a tornado leveled the town this month. and today students in indiana are heading back to school. but it's not what they're used. where they'll be learning till

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henryville elementary school students will return to class today. they have not had classes since two tornadod badly damaged their school on march 2nd. they'll be having school in a church. it's annul kick butts day. there are events going on across the country to remind people that smoking is bad for you. tonight the greatest show on earth starts at first mariner arena. the ringling brothers and barnum and bailey circus opens up tonight. the circus runs through april 1st. some alarming statistics about kids being sent to the er because of medication. we'll tell you how you can make sure that your child does not end up in the hospital. a four-year-old girl is being called a hero this morning. why her sister is thanking her today. also, a plumber is about to

get a lot richer all thanks to a $2 ticket. and maryland's most powerful radar is not active right now. it's quiet. but activity is on the way. the details coming up. and we have lane closures with a vehicle fire cleanup situation on the harrisburg expressway. details on that coming up next on "good morning maryland." extra power erar was three times faster on permanent marker. elsewhere against dirt, it was a sweep, with scuffed sports equipment... had it coming. grungy phones... oh! super dirty! and grimy car rims... wow! that really works! ...all taking losses. it looks like mr. clean has won everything. the cleaning games are finished? and so are we. okay, but i just took a mortgage out on the cabinet. [ male announcer ] clean more, work less, with the mr. clean magic eraser extra power.